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I could never remember which key did what action, and having a controller's face buttons correspond visually to the UI icons' layout (upper right) helped me out a ton.

Oh, okay, I can see that. I guess I'm just playing from muscle memory. Adjusting between games is hard, but once I learn, it's usually no problem. Except for QTEs.

Originally Posted by Heliocentric

Good luck not accidentally jumping off buildings you are climbing.

Heard this a lot of times, but can't say I've had much problems with it. Maybe I'm just spectacularly good at AssCreed and also handsome, but the it happens seldom enough for me to value good camera control higher.

The first one has some of the nicest backdrops of the series and it's also the best presentation-wise (the sequels always felt like a step backwards visually). However, the missions are a monotonous and repetitive affair so much so, that you go through the very same procedure, not only in every city, but in every single new district you get access to.

AC2 adds the much needed mission variety as well as some character and humour to the game.

AC:B felt to me like AC2.1 with the blandest setting so far and a lot more boring story-wise. The new features (basically a management mini-game with no strategic element whatsoever, a "hold-down-to-win-instantly" button plus a weird investment mini-game) didn't add much to the formula - well, except bloat.

As the gentlemen above stated, get AC2 or - if you really have a high tolerance for repetitive gameplay - consider the first one.

Thanks for all the feedback folks. To use my patented economic food-computer game comparative index Assassin’s Creed 2 will cost me marginally more than a Fray Bentos Pie. A Fray Bentos’ Pie has a cooked life of about half an hour at most when I’m eating it, but it is a sumptuous and stodgy delight for that duration, so AssCreed 2 will need to entertain me solidly for at least as long in order to be fiscally justifiable. I will report back in due course.

The Indie part could refer to them and not the products they're selling - I mean they've included TONNES of non-indie stuff in their bundles before!?

or should they have changed their name to satisfy hard-to-please pedants?!?

I suppose Mothercare should have changed it's name to ParentCare before angry fathers demanded equality??

Let's be honest, no-one here can define "Indie" in a way that no-one else will argue with and so it's all kinda moot - I mean I've been demanding Steam provide me with high pressure heated water for eons but all it gives me is games - it's fucking disgusting...